256 Agents of Actinomycosis Thomas A. Russo Keywords Actinomyces; actinomycosis; bisphosphonate-associated infection; companion organisms; filamentous rods; intrauterine device–associated infection; malignancy mimic; relapsing infection; sinus tract; sulfur granule Short View Summary…
83 Prosthetic Valve Endocarditis Raj Palraj, Bettina M. Knoll, Larry M. Baddour, Walter R. Wilson Keywords antimicrobial therapy; blood culture; culture-negative endocarditis; echocardiography; emboli; endocarditis; enterococcal infections; fungal endocarditis; HACEK…
237 Klebsiella granulomatis (Donovanosis, Granuloma Inguinale) Ronald C. Ballard Keywords azithromycin; congenital infections; Donovan bodies; donovanosis; genital ulceration; sexually transmitted infection Short View Summary Definition • Donovanosis is an ulcerative…
103 Foodborne Disease Rajal K. Mody, Patricia M. Griffin Keywords Bacillus cereus; Brainerd diarrhea; Campylobacter; ciguatera; Clostridium botulinum; Clostridium perfringens; Cryptosporidium; Cyclospora; disease outbreaks; epidemiology; foodborne diseases; food contamination; food…
160 Respiratory Syncytial Virus (RSV) Edward E. Walsh, Caroline Breese Hall * Keywords acute bronchitis; apnea; bronchiolitis; chronic obstructive lung disease (COPD); croup; otitis media; palivizumab; pneumonia; respiratory syncytial virus;…
161 Human Metapneumovirus Ann R. Falsey Keywords asthma; bronchiolitis; chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD); human metapneumovirus; pneumonia; respiratory infection; RNA virus; virus Short View Summary Definition • Human metapneumovirus (hMPV)…
280 Toxoplasma gondii José G. Montoya, John C. Boothroyd, Joseph A. Kovacs Keywords acquired immunodeficiency syndrome; antiretroviral therapy; bradyzoite; cats; chorioretinitis; dapsone; encephalitis; lamb; oocyst; pork; pregnancy; pyrimethamine; spiramycin; tachyzoite;…
41 Drugs for Protozoal Infections Other Than Malaria James S. McCarthy, Glenn W. Wortmann, Louis V. Kirchhoff Keywords amphotericin B; antimonial; benznidazole; diloxanide; eflornithine; Glucantime; melarsoprol; nifurtimox; nitazoxanide; paromomycin; pentamidine;…
297 Mites, Including Chiggers James H. Diaz Keywords animal mites; chiggers; grain mite; house dust mites; itch mites; mites; Orientia tsutsugamushi; plant mites; red bugs; rickettsialpox; scrub typhus; urticaria Short…
47 Miscellaneous Antiviral Agents (Interferons, Imiquimod, Pleconaril) Raphael Dolin Keywords anogenital warts; common cold; enteroviral meningitis; imiquimod; interferon; interferon α; interferon β; interferon γ; interferon λ; pleconaril; resiquimod; Toll-like receptors…
